Introducing The H. Moser Endeavour Flying Hours

While a lot of H. Moser's new releases iterate on already well-known forms (such as the Swiss Alp Watch and the Endeavour Tourbillon), this watch brings something totally new to the table. Inside the 42mm white gold Endeavour case is an orbital time display that uses a series of three spinning hour discs integrated into the Funky Blue dial and a central minutes disc spinning over the top to the display the time. It's a different take on the so-called "wandering hours" and one that presents a bold, graphic interpretation of the complication.

Why This Watch Matters

There have been a number of modern wandering hours watches, most notably the Audemars Piguet Star Wheel watches and the Arnold & Son Golden Wheel watches. However, both of those watches mount the hour discs on a central, rotating carriage. They then traverse a stationary track bearing the minutes, "wandering" their way across before the next hour marker lines up with zero and a new hour begins. The mechanism in this watch instead has a minutes track that takes up a 240-degree arc along a central rotating disc. The hour discs then rotate solely on their own central axes, with a single hour indicator at a time turning white and lining up with the minutes track.

Initial Thoughts

To be honest, it took me a little while to get a handle on how this watch works. It's unlike any other wandering hour watch I've seen before. And, to be even more honest, I think I'm going to have to see it in-the-metal at SIHH to truly, fully understand exactly what's going on. Aesthetically, I like the dial and typography treatments, and the ample negative space on the dial is really striking.